Part of the Sanctioned Camps Community Task Force resolution that identifies possible campsites for homeless people in Anchorage was not received well by some of the entities listed in the proposal.
On Wednesday, after around 8 months of being in operation, the doors to the Sullivan Arena mass homeless shelter closed. The shelter had housed up to 360 clients at its max capacity this year, but spent the pass month operating on a limited client basis.
The library’s online catalog has been updated so that users will not be able to check out any items that are currently unreachable in the storage facility.
Begich and former Alaska Revenue Commissioner Sheldon Fisher are the primary investors in the purchase of both the Aviator Hotel and the former Post Office Mall on Fourth Avenue in Downtown Anchorage.
The U.S. Coast Guard has recovered the body of one person and has called off the search for four more people from a fishing charter vessel that was last seen near Sitka on Sunday afternoon.
A soldier with the 11th Airborne Division on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson was killed late Sunday night when the car they were riding in hit another vehicle on base.
Leaving the dock at Yakutat Bay, Polynesian Voyaging Society President and pwo (master) navigator Nainoa Thompson was leading the sail with his trademark calculated intensity.
There are multiple locations the Sanctioned Camps Community Task Force has identified around Anchorage where they’ll provide some resources such as bathrooms and clean water.
All this week, Hawaii News Now will be bringing to you stories from Yakutat, Alaska where the crew of the Hokule’a started its Heritage Sail. This is a pre-voyage before embarking on a 4-year Pacific-wide journey from Juneau next month.
Hundreds of military veterans who lost their lives during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm were honored Sunday in Washington D.C. An Alaska man, Sgt. David Douthit, was one of them.
The debt ceiling deal has come with just days to spare before a potential first-ever government default. On Sunday, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement and they are urging Congress to quickly pass it.
Elder Izaak Orion Card, 20, of Anchorage, died in a bus crash involving a semi-truck in Brazil, according to a statement from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
It's important to acknowledge that Memorial Day is a holiday to remember and honor those who have died in military service for the country, said Tom Frazier, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran.
With king salmon closures this summer, it's important to make sure you're within regulations before going fishing. But even with these changes, there is still plenty of opportunity to throw some casts.
The regular legislative session has ended with some big proposals still left on the table. One of them, SB 133, would have set up special funds to deal with the growing opioid crisis in the state.
A press release from the Department of Law says an agreement between the State and Luimariamofoa Polu will have him serving a sentence of 60 years with 33 suspended and 10 years on probation.
The community of Haines in Southeast Alaska has many notable landmarks but there’s one you might not expect. It’s a 20-foot hammer meant to welcome visitors to the world’s first hammer museum.
Kent Larson’s business Zen Bathworks features beautiful wooden hot tubs and Japanese soaking tubs called ofuros that are made by hand in his Haines studio.
The ruling affects the Clean Water Act, which put wetlands under federal protection, with the move changing how much protection applies to wetlands. Now, only wetlands that have a connection on the surface to regulated bodies of water will be protected.
Eighteen-year-old Twilla Farrally has had it rough. Diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and ADHD, and being an Alaska Native, her parents tried getting her into their specialized services but the waitlist was too long, so they sought other avenues of treatment.
By a 5-4 vote, the court said in an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that wetlands can only be regulated under the Clean Water Act if they have a “continuous surface connection” to larger, regulated bodies of water. There is no such connection on the Sacketts’ property.
If passed, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act would establish the Truth and Healing Commission, which would investigate, document, and acknowledge past injustices of the federal government’s Indian boarding school policies.
Anchorage’s Sanctioned Camps Community Task Force has been working on crafting a proposal for sanctioned campgrounds to present to the Anchorage Assembly, but the Assembly chose not to introduce it Tuesday night.
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